Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 21:31:52 -0400 From: "Michel Joly de Lotbiniere" <mjdl@interlog.com> To: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Functional differences between various 486 CPUs Message-ID: <199510250131.VAA02266@lotbiniere.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> of "Mon, 23 Oct 1995 19:45:56 %2B1000." <199510230945.JAA20420@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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I can't answer your question except in the case of the AMD 100MHz part: this is the 3.5 V part which I have, and I believe it would die a miserable death in a 5 V board. I certainly know nothing about the voltage converter sockets advertised, but given that they cost ~$30 Canadian, I'd stick that into a new low voltage m'board and go with the AMD 100MHz part. You will be pleasantly surprised by the performance you get. Not a Pentium, to be sure, but as quick as most of us need--unless you simply must drag-race computers (an understandable obsession, I suppose, in the dying years of a techno-crazy century). But, there is a "PC Chiplist" document (in several parts) posted at regular intervals to the comp.pc.ibm.hardware group (or whatever its go-for-barocco name is), and archived under that group at your nearest FAQ site. It will unveil the un-intel-igent truth about all these processors. Happy bit-blasting ========================= Michel Joly de Lotbiniere mjdl@interlog.com =========================
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